Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Erek

#6,120 most common boys' name of all time · #15,253 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1967–2024

Rank among boys
#6,120
Rank overall
#15,253 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
671
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1990 #2,345
Best rank
#2,051 1980
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
198020002020

Erek first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 6 6 #11,198
2016 — 6 6 #11,014
2014 — 8 8 #8,976
2013 — 8 8 #8,998
2012 — 6 6 #11,077
2010 — 10 10 #7,714
2009 — 8 8 #9,194
2008 — 11 11 #7,314
2007 — 14 14 #6,000
2006 — 9 9 #8,178
2005 — 20 20 #4,367
2004 — 16 16 #5,095
2003 — 16 16 #4,893
2002 — 14 14 #5,220
2001 — 19 19 #4,185
2000 — 17 17 #4,463
1999 — 12 12 #5,428
1998 — 15 15 #4,501
1997 — 9 9 #6,282
1996 — 12 12 #4,992
1995 — 13 13 #4,631
1994 — 10 10 #5,618
1993 — 11 11 #5,158
1992 — 12 12 #4,696
1991 — 23 23 #2,879
1990 — 30 30 #2,345
1989 — 18 18 #3,287
1988 — 23 23 #2,572
1987 — 16 16 #3,154
1986 — 24 24 #2,344
1985 — 15 15 #3,162
1984 — 14 14 #3,219
1983 — 14 14 #3,180
1982 — 21 21 #2,397
1981 — 17 17 #2,755
1980 — 27 27 #2,051
1979 — 16 16 #2,865
1978 — 16 16 #2,771
1977 — 11 11 #3,557
1976 — 17 17 #2,574
1975 — 13 13 #3,033
1974 — 13 13 #2,916
1973 — 13 13 #2,835
1972 — 9 9 #3,582
1971 — 11 11 #3,126
1970 — 15 15 #2,506
1969 — 7 7 #3,904
1967 — 6 6 #3,938